Embark on a challenging beginning, where these characters will make your early journey smoother in the initial versions of Honkai: Star Rail.
1. Seele

Seele, a 5-star character of the Fate Hunter class, excels as a single-target damage dealer with incredibly potent abilities. Known as the butterfly that triggers the storm, Seele enables players to start battles effortlessly with high speed and impressive attack stats.
Currently, Seele stands as the first limited DPS character introduced in the game. With Quantum element, there are few early-game enemies resistant to Seele's might. What truly defines Seele's strength is her talent, allowing her to immediately follow up with an attack after defeating an opponent. When paired with her Ultimate, Seele can unleash three consecutive attacks, dealing significant damage in a short time frame.
2. Welt

At the game's release, Welt stands as the only 5-star character in the Quantum class. This provides a significant advantage early on, countering many formidable foes and bosses susceptible to Quantum, allowing Welt to excel as a multi-target damage dealer.
Furthermore, Welt's Destiny is Void, specializing in debuffing enemies. All of Welt's skills have the potential to slow and delay enemy turns, creating an edge in initiating attacks. Particularly, Welt's Ultimate skill, Simulated Black Hole, can induce enemies into a Bound state—an extremely disadvantageous effect that no early-game enemy can resist.
3. Yanqing

Yanqing is a character of the Fate Hunter class with the Ice element. He is a true single-target Nuker with high damage output, critical rate, and critical damage stats.
Fundamentally, Yanqing operates independently well, capable of self-buffing. Additionally, Yanqing's Talent not only inflicts detrimental effects on enemies with the Ice element but also deals damage whenever it's the enemy's turn. Yanqing proves to be a formidable choice, comparable to Seele, for boss encounters in the early stages.
4. Bailu

Bailu, a character of the Prosperous Destiny class, specializing in healing and status removal. In the initial release, only two characters, Natasha and Bailu, possess these abilities, making this Vidyadhara clan member crucial in the Endless Hall mode, similar to Genshin Impact's Abyssal Spiral.
Bailu brings immense advantages as a healer, not only restoring health but also reviving fallen characters in battle. Additionally, Bailu reduces incoming damage and increases teammates' health limits for 2 turns.
5. Bronya

After experiencing the beta versions of Honkai: Star Rail, many players unanimously agree - Bronya is the character they most want when officially diving into this game. Bronya, belonging to the Harmony Destiny class, possesses support abilities that outshine the norm.
Bronya's skills can remove debuffs, immediately push the character to the next turn, and boost damage during that turn. Her Ultimate ability is even more formidable, increasing damage for the entire team and adding a critical damage boost, not to mention the Secret Art that also boosts attack stats. In summary, Bronya is a must-use character if you have her.